The Lives of the Twelve Caesars [SIGNED BY BOTH PRINTER & ILLUSTRATOR]

Suetonius; Moses Hadas (introduction); Philemon Holland (translator); Salvatore Fiume (illustrator). The Lives of the Twelve Caesars [SIGNED BY BOTH PRINTER & ILLUSTRATOR]. Verona, Italy: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. First edition thus. Quarto. xviii, 483, (3)pp. With glossary. Brick linen lettered in gilt, over decorative paper covered boardsHoused in publisher’s red cloth slipcase with gilt fore-edge, paper label on spine. Illustrated with 12 mounted color plates. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363) planned at the Officina Bodoni and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. Signed on the limitation leaf by the master printer Giovanni Mardersteig and the artist Salvatore Fiume. Spine of slipcase a bit faded and with some old water spots with one seam starting to split. Book cover starting to separate from the book block at front hinge otherwise the book is in very good plus condition. Good +. Hardcover.

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